Pokemon Tournament Becomes Family Feud in Atlanta

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Like a daddy-daughter dance, only with a lot more Thundershock!

By Jack DeVries

Holla back, Pokefans! The Pokemon Video Game Championship hit the road again and made its way to Atlanta, GA, AKA Hotlanta, AKA the ATL, AKA the dirrrty South, AKA that place where all the Coca-Cola comes from.

Over 2,000 people turned up to prove their skills. I hear the Pokemon battling in Atlanta is a lot different from the battling over in California or New York. Some people like it better because it's more comedic and has bigger production battles. Oh wait, that's rap battling, my bad.

Now I'm gonna switch the coverage up a bit here cause there was some crazy stuff going down in Ludacris' hometown. Not only do we have the first girl to win first place in the Junior's division, but her older brother won the Senior's division!

Grace Arnold, 9-years-old, from Frankfort, IL.

David Arnold, 13-years-old from Frankfort IL.

Grace and David Arnold are some Pokemon powerhouses. Who taught these people to play? Oh it was their dad Glenn Arnold.

Wait, Glenn Arnold? You mean this guy?

The guy that David is battling against for the championship? That's his dad? He had to fight his own father, the man who taught him everything about the game, embarrassing a 40-something man in front of thousands of children? Awesome!

Hmm this sounds awfully familiar...

Vader used Slash. It's Super Effective!

Oh my god. That explains why both of them had robotic hands!

But wait, that would make Grace...

Holy crap it all makes sense now!

These guys are Pokemon Jedi! Or possibly they're using performance enhancing Proteins and Calciums. Did anyone do blood tests? Either way this family is a serious force to be reckoned with.

There were plenty of other winners as well, and I'm pretty sure they're not related to the Arnolds, unless the dad likes adopting kids in a weird Pokemon version of Yours Mine and Ours.

Juniors

Luke Levin Age 10 Marietta, GA

Christopher Packett Age 11 Mount Juliet, TN

Sawyer Gardner Age 10 Dacula, GA

Seniors

Glenn Arnold Age 44 Frankfort, IL

Cole McNew Age 17 Knoxville, TN

Len Deuel Age 16 Dallas, TX

Congratulations to all the winners. And be sure to come back next week when I'll explain how the Hawaii tournament is actually taking place on the mysterious island from Lost.